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A Cookie Jar Full of Information
We won’t literally be raiding the cookie jar to start the New Year; that would break too many resolutions. But, we can take a quick peek over the counter at the most popular Procare Software® blog articles during the past year. It’s a veritable “cookie jar” full of information, with all kinds of tips and hints for running your child care business as efficiently as possible. We’ll go in reverse order to add a little drama. Could we have a drum roll and perhaps a chocolate chip cookie, please?
# 10 – Payment Reminders for Your Daycare Center
# 09 – Cool Kid Activities
# 08 – Pre-Register Children Online
# 07 – Your Daycare Dashboard
# 06 – Email Families at Your Daycare
# 05 – Straight Talk About Tuition Rates
# 04 – Make a School Directory for Your Preschool
# 03 – Text Messaging for Your Daycare
# 02 – Tracking Child Allergies: Part 1
# 01 – Plan “B” for Your Child Care Check In Station
Happy New Year and until next time, keep your hands out of the cookie jar!
-Phil
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Start the Year Right with Child Care Accounting
As the clock approaches midnight, we welcome in the New Year with confetti, noise makers, music and good cheer! A year full of hope and possibilities for your child care business to thrive and grow. You may even have a few New Year’s resolutions along these lines. One good resolution is to start the year right with your child care accounting.
For those of you already using Procare Software® we are pleased to introduce a new, free webinar called “Start the Year Right”. In this live, online broadcast, we’ll cover what you need to know when moving from one year to the next. This webinar is intended for people who have been using Procare and have data for the year just ending. If you are brand new to Procare and just getting started, you’ll be more interested in other classes on our Webinar Schedule.
Here’s a preview of what you’ll learn in the Start the Year Right class: Continue reading
Is Your Child Care Powered by Procare?
The Procare Software® penguin is a symbol that your daycare, preschool or after school program is dedicated to providing quality child care and serious about using the latest technology to streamline administrative tasks, print professional statements and reports, enhance security, and accept electronic payments.
Families are beginning to recognize, that a center which invests in making their business as efficient as possible, has more time to focus on quality programs for their children. Parents also appreciate the secure Check In Solutions (like biometric fingerprint ID) and the convenience of having payments made electronically from their bank or credit card – for centers using Tuition Express.
Get Your Powered by Procare Kit
For Your Window: If you’re already using Procare, just Request Your Free Window Kit to show your pride and let people know your center is indeed “Powered by Procare”. Then send us a picture of the logo in your window and receive a coupon good for a discount on your next purchase or annual update subscription. Continue reading
Make a School Directory for Your Preschool
What’s one of the first thing parents ask now that school has started? Well, how about “Who is in my child’s class?”
You’ll look very organized and professional when you can hand them (or email them) a nice looking school directory or class roster. You know the drill, the type of report showing the children, parents and basic contact information like email, phone number and maybe a good old fashioned street address. What a great way to help parents coordinate their own play dates and get in touch with other families.
In this article we’ll show you a couple of great ways to make a school directory or class email and phone list using Procare Software®. Continue reading
Your Tool Belt for Back-to-School
With school starting up again your child care business may be busier than ever with children enrolling for before and after school programs, not to mention preschool, pre-k and kindergarten. With that in mind Procare Software® has a number of Child
Care Management Tools to make the transition as efficient as possible. You might think of it as your tool belt for the back-to-school season.
Change Classrooms
Many children may be changing classrooms to start the school year. This could take a while if you had to go child by child to make the change, however, you can quickly adjust classrooms for everyone by moving an entire group of kids from one class to another or making individual changes as needed using the Classroom Graduation tool. Continue reading